In part, Sheriff Ben Wolfinger's statement re: proposals by President Barack Obama to rein in gun violence: I oppose many of them and will watch and see if the courts rule on the constitutionality of them. However, some of the proposals I don’t disagree with.…
A state safety task force met Thursday to consider arming Idaho's teachers. The measures are part of a nationwide conversation held in the wake of the tragic Connecticut school shooting in December. "What we know from Sandy Hook is that that school was doing many…
Molly Messick of StateImpact offers a compelling story today re: the devastation that would be caused to a small Idaho county (Power County) if Gov. Butch Otter's reckless push to eliminate personal property taxes is approved by the Legislature. Messick interviews Power County Hospital Administrator…
When I was in sixth grade, my teachers insisted that I take calligraphy as my so-called “elective” course one semester. I was so angry that I lifted my little brown winter coat up over my head and threw it at least a meter to the…
At the Lewiston Tribune, Opinionator Marty Trillhaase cheers ... Congressman Raul Labrador: "He's pro-gun and has an A rating from the National Rifle Association to prove it. But give him credit for being flexible in his response to the Newtown, Conn., massacre. Last week, Boise…
A Bonhams employee poses for photographers with a Don Joaquin Cuban cigar, that belonged to Sir Winston Churchill and comes with a letter of provenance, during a media opportunity at Bonham's Auction rooms in London on Thursday. The cigar is estimated to fetch between 500…
Idaho’s state scholarship programs for college students lag far behind most states in the region, Mike Rush, director of the Office of the State Board of Education, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee this morning. “Idaho has, I think, the second-lowest amount of need-based scholarship money…
Dan Gookin (re: Gookin still votes vs. appointments): My thoughts are that a committee that approves its own members perpetuates a closed-box thinking. After all, knowing human nature, a group is unlikely to invite in new members who don't already think like the group. I…
Poolman: The gun culture in this country needs to be treated like the smoking culture was 25 years ago. It will not transform overnight or even in a few years. However, it is the responsibility of our government to push the country in the right…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
